Three anti-Israel protesters claim that Columbia University accidentally stopped them and forced them out of their student housing for their politics.
According to the February 3rd lawsuit, Katherine Curran Grohm, Aidan Parisi and Brandon Murphy also allegedly injured during the on-campus protests.
Graduate social work students Parisi and Murphy were kicked out of Colombia in April after school president Minush Shafik called out the NYPD and were kicked out of Colombia to clear the ongoing camp. He was one of the protesters.
All three were scheduled to graduate in May, but received a one- and two-year suspension in June. International Affairs student Curran Grohm also revoked her full scholarship, according to court documents.
“The university has deviated substantially from established rules and policies to illegally target and punish plaintiffs for their involvement in protests, vigils, teaching and other non-violent events,” they argued. did. “The university did so to silence and expel the plaintiffs.”
Parisi and Karan Grohm also alleged that two former IDF soldiers were attacked by a “skunkspray” after attending the Palestinian demonstrations and suffered from headaches, nausea and breathing problems for weeks I did.
According to the lawsuit, Colombia received many complaints about the two students, but “didn't do anything to protect them from anti-Palestinian violence.”
Students are seeking unspecified damages. A university spokesman declined to comment on the lawsuit.
